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Tuesday, May 11, 2004

Boykin is Back. Remember good old Lt. Gen. William Boykin? He is the guy who was videotaped giving an evangelical speech in which he explained that his god was superior to that of Muslims. Well he's back. And he's connected to the Abu Graib prison scandal. [electablog] 5:29:12 PM  Permalink  comment []

Hugo Nominees Via BoingBoing, here is a listing of the Hugo nominees for 2004. What's really nice is that it links to online copies of those stories which are available online as well as some other recommended reading lists. I don't think I read any of those stories (yet), because I don't read enough short stories. I read two of the novels -- the Simmons and Stross (and would rank them about equal) -- and started but didn't finish two others. 3:57:56 PM  Permalink  comment []

Interesting factoid:  25% of the world's prisoners are in the US. [John Robb's Weblog] 2:03:35 PM  Permalink  comment []

Joe Bussard's basement tapes [bOing bOing] Fantastic stuff, tons of songs from old 78s, available on custom tapes. 1:45:59 PM  Permalink  comment []

Lieberman's lunatic comments [bOing bOing] 1:37:32 PM  Permalink  comment []

James Inhofe Lowers The Standards. The Republican Senator from Oklahoma endorses the "well, we're not as bad as Saddam" rationale. In heated remarks at odds with others on the Senate committee who took aim at the U.S. military's handling of prisoners at the Abu Ghraib... [Oliver Willis: Like Kryptonite To Stupid] 12:26:34 PM  Permalink  comment []

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